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CPSR Elections: June 2006

During June of 2006, CPSR will hold elections to fill between four and
six at-large seats on its Board of Directors. These will all be for
three-year terms. This year, we are testing an evoting election
and will document for our members its successes and pitfalls.
CPSR does not endorse the use of electronic voting without a paper
audit trail for government elections, including municipal, state, and
national elections. As a nonprofit organization with a small budget,
however, we believe online voting is a cost-effective way to encourage
the greatest number of our members to vote. Our choice reflects our
belief that electronic voting without a paper trail should only be used
in an extremely limited context. This limited context does not include
political or government elections.

In order for us to email you information about participating in the
election, we need an accurate and working email address. If you
have not been receiving the "CPSR Compiler" regularly, please email cpsr at cpsr dot org with a current email account.

This election is an important turning point for CPSR, with more than
the usual number and officer positions expiring. Eight of the twelve
sitting directors have terms expiring on June 30, 2006. Three of these
are the President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer. The 2006-07 board
will have the opportunity to chart a new course on various points.
Please consider running, and please definitely do vote.

Send Nominations for CPSR Board by May 31: Nominations should be sent
to cpsr@cpsr.org, with the subject "2006 Nomination", by 2300 UTC (4
p.m. Pacific Standard daylight time) on May 31, 2006. To run for
election, or vote, in CPSR's 2006 Board Elections you must be a member in good standing on May 31st, 2006.